'I had a little crush on you': Mario Lopez tells Bethenny Frankel he liked her 'hot' body when she worked on his show Saved By The Bell... 20 years ago

Mario Lopez used to have a crush on Bethenny Frankel. And he loves to bring it up.

On Tuesday the Extra host again admitted to the talk show diva that he took a liking to her when she worked as a production assistant on his TV show Saved By The Bell in the early '90s.

He first made the admission on her show last year when he said she was 'so sweet.' This time, however, he went much further, confessing he thought she had a 'cute, hot little body' and 'a killer tan.'

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They go way back: Mario Lopez reminisces about his crush on Bethenny Frankel during his Tuesday chat on her talk show

Her PA days on SBTB: The Skinny Girl founder (second from left) standing next to star Dustin Diamond in a personal photo she posted on Facebook

'When we were doing the beach episodes on Saved By The Bell and she was so cool, I had a little crush on you, which I have mentioned before,' the former actor said.

'Look at her. She had this cute, hot little body and that killer tan, look at you, you had that total Jersey tan.'

Bethenny, who gifted her friend with a pair of pink boxing gloves for his 40th birthday, which is on Thursday, then said, 'I look very Jersey. Yeah, we were on the beach all summer.'

They ruled the '90s: Saved By The Bell, which Mario (pictured far right) was the star of

The Skinny Girl founder then joked, 'I had a lot of the Housewives so now I
think I am going to work my way through the Saved By the Bell cast
members, you'll be first. Screech will be next.'

The X Factor host also brought up his Saved By The Bell co-star Elizabeth Berkley, who is following in Mario's footsteps by competing on Dancing With The Stars which he did in 2006.

'I am so proud of her, she's doing great now,' he says.

'I had her on my show [Extra] recently. [We keep in touch] as much as we can. It's kind of like real life and high school. You see each other when you can, everybody is kind of having families. But it's always a great time. I always look forward to seeing everybody and catch up.'

A good laugh: The friends joke about how 'Jersey' Bethenny used to look

The former soap star gushed when talking about his new son Dominic, born September 9, he had with wife Courtney Mazza. The two already have a daughter Gia, aged three.